Six people were accused of a fraudulent plot to transfer employees to ghost companies managed by them, evading between 2012 and 2019 paying 26.4 million euros in taxes and Social Security contributions.
The Tax and Customs Authority (TA) informs in the Finance Portal that the plot was detected in a criminal case investigation carried out by the Fraud and Special Actions Investigation Directorate (DSIFAE), in a mixed team with the Social Security Institute. , which resulted in an accusation by the Public Ministry, on the 12th of this month, against 13 defendants (six individuals and seven legal entities) for the co-authorship of crimes of criminal association, tax fraud and fraud against Social Security and money laundering.
It follows from the indictment that the defendants (individuals), between April 2012 and December 2019, devised a scheme to transfer employees to other companies managed by them with the aim of reducing the tax base of said companies and the tax to be paid. to the State, thus obtaining the corresponding patrimonial advantage, specifically for an amount of 2,291,220 euros as IRC.
At the same time, they improperly deducted VAT amounts, obtaining an undue capital advantage of €10.6 million, and also withheld the IRS from their employees’ salaries, amounting to €551,896.
Also according to the indictment, between 2012 and 2019, the defendants did not pay the amounts owed to Social Security derived from the contributions that were deducted from the workers’ salaries and that they did not deliver to said entity, amounting to the illegitimately obtained patrimonial advantage of 12.9 million euros.
As a result of the conduct of the accused, the State (National Treasury and Social Security) was harmed for a total amount of 26.4 million euros.
The defendants also formed other companies with no apparent activity, which had bank accounts to which various amounts of money were transferred, then transferred to the defendants’ own accounts or withdrawn in cash by them.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office, on behalf of the National Treasury, filed a claim for civil compensation amounting to 13.5 million euros and Social Security was notified to deduct a claim for civil compensation relating to the unpaid installments.
Source: Observadora
